Jesus Christ

“One Lord, one faith, one baptism” (Eph. 4:5) — this indeed is a scandalous
confession in our day. We should not expect otherwise, however, for apart
from the work of the Holy Spirit, no one can receive Jesus as the ...Read More

Even now, Jesus is pleading with the Father in our behalf, interceding for us
that we might be forgiven, purified, and strengthened for holiness. To be sure,
we work out our salvation in fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12–13 ...Read More

Christ not only died for us, He lived for us as well. Understanding this point
helps to assure us of our salvation. We are, of course, called to please God
through obeying His will. Nevertheless, we realize that the best ...Read More

In his lectures on Romans, Martin Luther comments on the death and resurrection of our Savior, showing that it demonstrates that Christ’s “death not only signifies but actually effects the remission of sin as a most sufficient
satisfaction.” We ...Read More

We can be confident in our future salvation because of the surety of our past salvation. The position we enjoy in Christ today ensures that we will fully experience all of His benefits tomorrow. This is the good news of ...Read More

Jesus’ ascension and session (seating) at God’s right hand were important enough to the earliest Christians to include in both the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed. Yet as Dr. R.C. Sproul has often said, we often neglect ...Read More

Dr. R.C. Sproul also notes the importance of the Spirit’s descent upon Jesus as showing that His work as a man redeems us. As God, Jesus always enjoyed the presence of the Holy Spirit, but as a man ...Read More

Although Jesus fulfills many individual prophecies of the old covenant, we also follow Him because He fulfills the broad hopes revealed in the Old Testament prophetic literature. He is the One who, by His death, resurrection, and return, brings about ...Read More

In light of the incarnation and the cross, we know that the true shepherd to whom Zechariah refers is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ. Struck for the sins of His people, Jesus is tied inseparably to the final ...Read More

Only when we have seen the Messiah—when we have acknowledged Jesus for who He is and bowed in worship—will we be ready to meet our Creator. There is only one way to stand before God unafraid, and that ...Read More

In his commentary on Romans, Dr. R.C. Sproul writes, “If God were to give us what we earn, what we deserve, we would perish from His wrath, but thanks be to God that He gives to us what was ...Read More

If Jesus’ path to glory involves humbling Himself for the sake of His people,
then one of the greatest ways we can bring Him glory is to remind the world
of the clearest evidence of His humiliation — His death on ...Read More

God in Christ met not only Jews in the wilderness but also Gentiles (Mark 5:1–20), and as the Last Adam, He identified with Gentiles as well, bearing the Father’s wrath for Gentiles who believe. Whether we are ...Read More

At the very beginning of Paul’s hymn to Christ, we have a powerful assertion
of the deity of our Lord and Savior. The Jesus whom we serve is not just
another man among men or one great teacher among ...Read More

Christ has ascended to heaven and has poured out the Holy Spirit to equip us
for ministry, pray for us, and convince us of the truth of God’s Word. This work
is necessary for us, and without the Spirit ...Read More